Sorrento Italy City Facts
One of the most beautiful cities of Europe perched on the edge of the Mediterranean
Sea. It reminds me of San Francisco in California.
Sorrento, how many definitions have been ascribed to this locality, one of
the most well-known international tourist sights. Sorrento, native city of the
poet Torquato Tasso, who was born here in 1544; kind Sorrento; Sorrento: land of
colours; Sorrento: land of the Mermaids; Sorrento, the city of the orange and
lemon groves, etc. Each one of these definitions contains the truth because
Sorrento is indeed a very pretty little city where kindness and hospitality are
a combination that is handed down from one generation to the next. Sorrento, not
to be rhetorical, is indeed the land of colours: brilliant or delicate hues
depending on the change of the seasons. If you just pause a moment to observe
how emotional a sunset can be when you gaze in the direction of Punta del Capo,
of Ischia or Procida, the outlines of which can be seen clearly, you will be
amazed by the variety of colours and the beauty of the scene. Or look,
preferably from the sea, towards the majestic ridge of tuff rock that changes
colour at every hour of the day. And then why not leave your mind go back in
time so that, with a bit of imagination, you can see the nimble Greek ships ride
the waves and Ulysses bound tightly to the main mast to listen safely to the
dangerous song of the mermaids......or follow the wake of the Roman ships laden
with merchandise and busy sailors, or look around the wonderful palaces that the
Roman emperors built on our coasts, among the most beautiful in the world. Or
again ships black as ink, fully armed, laden with ferocious Turks, like those
that in search of wealth and bounty, sacked Sorrento in 1558.
MUSEO CORREALE DI TERRANOVA
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SORRENTO
VIA CORREALE, 50
TEL. 081/8781846
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Istituito nel 1917 nell'omonimo palazzo settecentesco,
il Museo conserva reperti greci e romani, marmi
medioevali, notevoli arredi dell'Italia meridionale dal
XV al XVIII secolo, dipinti della scuola napoletana
dell'Ottocento e della scuola di Posillipo, dipinti
attribuiti a Brueghel e a Rubens. Per le arti applicate:
maioliche e ceramiche, figurine da presepio, orologi,
merletti, una sezione intera dedicata alla ben nota arte
locale dell'ebanisteria. Edizioni e autografi di
Torquato Tasso, nato a Sorrento nel 1544.
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ITALY
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Trenitalia
is the official online train timetable of Italy. You can buy tickets
online and search the database for trains and ferries from and to
anywhere in Italy (including the most important connections to other
European cities). Site in 4 languages, including English.
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The website of Alitalia,
with flight schedules, fares and ticketing (in Italian and English)
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The website of ENIT,
the Italian Tourism Board. With pages on nature, arts, history,
accommodation, links to tourist offices, travel agencies etc.
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The official website of the Italian
Government Tourist Board in North America offers lots of reliable
and accurate information on travelling to and within Italy, as well as
a comprehensive list of USA and Canadian tour operators specializing
in Italy. Website in English only.
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The ENIT website also has a map of Italy
with the list of all the
major cities and information, for each one, about hotels, events
and museums.
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Discoveritalia www.discoveritalia.com
is one of the most comprehensive touristic site over Italy, featuring
relevant information and providing original trips to first-time as
well as experienced travellers to Italy. Discoveritalia enjoys the
sound, 100 year-old approach for map-based information originally in
the De Agostini Group as well as the wealthy database of touristic
content built on decades of business activity.
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The
City is a comprehensive portal to the websites of all Italian
cities. The links are divided by section. In Italian only.
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ItaliaPlease
is a portal on tourism in Italy, in Italian and English
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The home page of the Touring
Club Italiano (in Italian, short summary in English).
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Italy
Online is an online touristic guide on Italy, complete with three
search options (by province, by region, by itinerary)
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Primitaly
is a project devoted to the promotion of tourism in Italy, with pages
on every Italian region and information on events, hotels, and more.
Site in Italian only.
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An extensive list of links to sites
about tourism in Italy can be found in the website of Tourism
in Italy
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Il
Giroscopio features over 1,000 pages on tourism in Italy and a
powerful search engine.
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Windows
on Italy provides descriptions and information in English on all
the 20 Italian regions
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From
Italy offers tourist information on every Italian region
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Italia
Turismo features hundreds of addresses of hotels, farm hotels,
etc., as well as some itineraries along Italian regions.
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Select
Italy represents a unique source for all things Italian
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Students & Youth:
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the website of CTS,
the Student and Youth Travel Association
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Camping: A guide to camping
in Italy, indexed by region
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Sailing: the site of the Pagine
Azzurre (Blue Pages) offers weather reports and detailed,
up-to-date information about ports, harbours and marinas of Italy,
as well as on many other aspects of sailing around Italy (in
Italian)
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A comprehensive, easy-to-use portal on
Italian regions and cities is katalogo
(in Italian)
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Abruzzo
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The tourist information pages of the
Regione Abruzzo's
official site
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A nice site on Abruzzo's culture and
natural resources is Abruzzo
Home Page (in Italian)
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A comprehensive guide on the Abruzzo
region can be found at Abruzzo
Citta' (in Italian only)
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Basilicata
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An informative website on Basilicata,
formerly known as Lucania
(in Italian)
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The page on tourism in the website
of the City
of Potenza (in Italian)
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Matera
is a site devoted to the city in Basilicata (in Italian)
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Calabria
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The tourist pages in the official
website of the Regione
Calabria
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Cala
Web is a site dedicated to Calabria and its tourist
attractions (in Italian)
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Calabria
Online offers pages on history, travel, accommodation and more
-- all in Calabria (in Italian)
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The website of Strettoweb
allows you to watch live the Strait of Messina and the
sea-front promenade of Reggio Calabria
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Campania
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Turismo
in Campania features photo galleries, tourist information and
even many traditional Neapolitan songs!
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Agendaonline
- Campania is a portal containing lots of information on
tourism in Campania, including lists of hotels, restaurants and
cultural events in many cities (in Italian)
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Naples: the tourism page of
the City
of Naples' official website (in Italian and partially in
English)
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Emilia-Romagna
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Friuli Venezia-Giulia
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The tourism
page of the Regione Friuli's official website (Italian)
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A repertory of links about tourism
in Friuli can be found at www.friuli.net
(in Italian)
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Friuli.net
has good province-by-province tourist information, complete with
photos and maps (in Italian)
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Trieste: The official website
of the Tourism
Promotion Board of Trieste
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Lazio
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Turismo
nel Lazio offers, among other, information on museums and
catacombs, plus several sets of links (partly in English)
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Il
Lazio is a site with tourist information on the region (in
Italian)
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A website devoted to Tuscia,
the region of and around Viterbo
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Rome:
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The tourism page of the City
of Rome's official website
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Romexplorer
is an exhaustive site on Rome's tourist attractions, resources
and utilities
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Romeguide
A comprehensive online guide to the Eternal City
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The Roma
2000 site was "born to give information to tourists
on the services and artistic heritage of Rome"
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Roma
For You is a useful site with a searchable database of
news, events, museums, attractions, restaurants,... (in
Italian)
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Sicily
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The pages for tourists on the Regione
Sicilia's official website
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Sicily
in detail offers plenty of information about tourism on the
island, its cities, history and more
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The tourist information pages
within the Sikelia
website
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A good and exhaustive tourist
guide online is Best of
Sicily
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Palermo:
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Taormina: Gate
2 Taormina is an exhaustive and well-arranged site on the
famous tourist area of Taormina
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Trentino-Alto Adige
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www.hallo.com
is the official website on tourism in Alto Adige/South Tyrol
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All you need to know on skiing in
Alto Adige is available at www.ski-ferien.com
(in Italian)
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A website on the Dolomites
(in Italian)
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Dolomiti
Superski offers all the information you need on this
wonderful system allowing users to ski in 12 different regions
of the Dolomites with the same skipass
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Tuscany
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Tourism
in Tuscany is the official touristic site of the Regione
Toscana. Pages include artistic heritage, accommodation,
history, weather etc.
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Toscanaturismo
features tourist information and especially info on farm
holidays in the region.
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Plenty of links about Tuscany can
be found in the site of La
Toscana sul web (in Italian)
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Toscana
News Magazine: culture and tourism in Tuscany (in Italian)
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Tuscanyland
has information on Tuscany and a clickable map
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Riviera
Toscana offers lots of information on the Tuscan Riviera
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a good site to view thousands of
images of Arezzo
and its region, and learn about its history (in Italian only)
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Florence:
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Siena:
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Pisa: Discover
Pisa is the tourist information section from the City of
Pisa's website
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San Gimignano:the home page
of the City of
San Gimignano (in Italian)
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Elba Island: Elbalink
gives you information on all you need to know to spend a holiday
in the Tuscan archipelago
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Umbria
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Welcome
to Umbria is the tourist section of Umbria's official
website
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A comprehensive site on Umbria,
its cities and more is Benvenuti
in Umbria
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Umbria
Tourism is an online tourist guide to the region, with
plenty of information on different aspects
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Perugia: Perugia
Online is a comprehensive site on tourism in Perugia
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Assisi: a useful tourist
resource for
tourism in Assisi
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Bella
Umbria Italy provides detailed illustrated descriptions town
by town, with notes on its sights, events, itineraries and last
minute. Listings for hotels, country houses, restaurants,
theaters and museums. Any Umbria typical product you are looking
for, you will find it here: food, art reproductions, antiques,
ceramics and books about the region.
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Valle d'Aosta
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The tourist section from the
official website of the Regione
Valle d'Aosta (in Italian and French)
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Valle
d'Aosta online is a guide to cultural events in the
north-western Italian region (in Italian)
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A description of every valley in
the region is available at Valle
d'Aosta (in Italian)
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Cervinia: Breuil
- Cervinia features information on skiing (and more) in
Valtournenche
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Veneto
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The tourist section in the
official website of Regione
Veneto
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The Regional
Information System for Tourism has information on museums,
hotels and cultural events in Veneto (in Italian)
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Venetoimage.com
features info on history, geography, economy and culture of
Veneto
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Venice:
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the official site of the Tourist
Board of Venice
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Venetia
is a resourceful website for tourists
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Venice
for visitors allows you to access over 200 pages of
illustrated articles and annotated web links
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Tourist information on Venice
is available at the Doge of
Venice's site
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A site dedicated to the works
underway to protect Venice and the lagoon is SAL.VE
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An interesting site is Jewish
Venice. Also, the official site of the Jewish
Community of Venice is worth visiting (the site is the
result of a collaboration between the Jewish Community of
Venice and of Vancouver).
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